Soundview

Soundview is a working-class neighborhood located in the western parts of The Bronx, New York City. It is a poor, waterside industrial area with a population of 31,825 in 2011, and the neighborhood consists primarily of immigrants from Latin America and Puerto Rico and of African-Americans. Soundview fell into rapid decay due to the white flight of the 1970s, and working-class African and Latin American people took over abandoned buildings formerly owned by the white population. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the crack cocaine epidemic struck Soundview, and yearly murder totals skyrocketed. A citywide housing crisis during the 21st century also contributed to the poverty of Soundview.